Flacco threw a long touchdown, caught his first career pass and
rushed for a score, lifting the resurgent Ravens to a 29-10
victory over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday.

Baltimore (4-3), which held the Raiders to just 35 yards in the
first half, won its second straight to climb back over .500.

The Ravens' first-round draft choice, Flacco caught a 43-yard
pass from backup quarterback Troy Smith to set up a field goal
and added the clinching score on a 12-yard touchdown run with
under four minutes remaining.

During the week, Suggs made lots of news.

He suggested that perhaps the Ravens would be a better team with
Smith as quarterback and that the defense had set bounties on
some Pittsburgh Steelers.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh said that he was calling Smith's
option toss to Flacco the "The Suggs Package."

"I'm not an offensive coordinator," Suggs said. "We already had
(the package) in. My big mouth was the catalyst."

Suggs said the defense was inspired because defensive
coordinator Rex Ryan was facing his twin brother Rob, who
directs the Raiders defense.

"This is a personal rivalry," Suggs said. "We had to go out
there and show we love our Ryan better."

Rex Ryan, who was doused with ice water by his defense, admitted
that there was some sibling rivalry.

"Just another victory over my brother," Rex Ryan joked. "I'll
let him get on that plane, go home, and then I'll call it and
rub it in a little bit."

Flacco hooked up with a wide-open Demetrius Williams for a
70-yard TD pass in the second quarter and in the third, he
turned receiver.

"That's a one-time thing," Flacco said. "The stuff that we did
today gave us an advantage, and it worked against these guys."

As a sophomore in high school, he caught a 60-yard pass, but was
surprised to get a call in the pros.

"I didn't want to make a fool out of myself," Flacco said.
"Yeah, I would have liked to have scored a touchdown."

Baltimore's defense set the tone early as linebacker Jameel
McClain sacked Oakland quarterback JaMarcus Russell in the end
zone for a safety on the Raiders' second possession.

In the first half, the Raiders (2-5) didn't have a gain of more
than 15 yards. In the second, Russell got untracked, but the
Ravens' defense didn't allow Oakland to seriously challenge.

"In the first half, we got our tails whipped at the line of
scrimmage on both sides of the ball," Raiders interim coach Tom
Cable said. "We struggled with our run blocking and protection.
Far too much damage in the first half to recover."

Russell completed just 15-of-33 passes attempts for 228 yards -
192 in the second half, but he also was sacked four times.

Running back Willis McGahee scored from a yard out early in the
second quarter after Jim Leonhard returned Shane Lechler's punt
46 yards to the Raiders 17.

Flacco, who passed for 140 yards, got half of it on one play -
his long pass to Williams midway through the second quarter -
that gave Baltimore a 16-0 lead.

Harbaugh had hinted during the week that he had some plans for
Smith, whose bout with tonsilitis prevented him from playing
during most of the preseason and the early weeks of the season.

"We want to be real aggressive," Harbaugh said. "We want to be
very creative in what we're doing."

With Smith lined up behind center, Flacco was wide left and
caught Smith's pass to the Oakland 6. Earlier in the game, Smith
had taken three snaps - running twice and handing off another
time.

"It was incredible," Smith said of Flacco's catch. "At 6-6, you
don't really don't talk about his versatility and athleticism. I
can't say if I was in that situation I would have made it."

The Raiders were without rookie running back Darren McFadden,
who was sidelined by a sore big right toe. Oakland was limited
to just 47 yards.

Russell's 60-yard pass to Chaz Schilens set up Sebastian
Janikowski's 22-yard field goal early in the third quarter, and
he threw two long passes to tight end Zach Miller that set up
his 2-yard score to Justin Griffith at the end of the period.

The win was the 100th in franchise history for Baltimore. Its
first win came against Oakland on September 1, 1996.